The purpose of this study was to examine a mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between climacteric syndrom, job stress and mid-life crisis in middle-aged men. The participants of this study were 235 middle-a...
The purpose of this study was to examine a mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between climacteric syndrom, job stress and mid-life crisis in middle-aged men. The participants of this study were 235 middle-aged men sampled from 3companies in Busan and Gyeongsangnamdo. They completed a set of questionnaires consisting of mid-life crisis, climacteric syndrom, job stress and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. To analyze the data, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were performed. Results of this study were as follows. First, mid-life crisis was positively correlated with climacteric syndrom, job stress and a maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Second, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the effect of climacteric syndrom on mid-life crisis. Third, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the effect of job stress on mid-life crisis. Based on the findings, implications and suggestions for further studies were provided.